do you get the damper rods out?
 

carsounds_dan has been trying to get some damper rods out of a spare set of forks so I can have them off him, but after undoing bolt in the bottom of the RHS fork leg and taking out the springs he's having a job getting the rods out. I thought that they'd just slide out if you upended the forks, and he's had a go at fishing them out with some wire but they're just spinning around inside the fork. Any ideas from the org about how to remove them please?

Re: do you get the damper rods out??
 

is bolt on bottom all the way out?if yes rods will fall out.

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As he said, the bolt at the very bottom of the forks, turn the upside-down to see.

Look HERE, its item 9.

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Broom handle down into the fork to hold the rod, the try and undo the bolt (need two people)

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Or loosen it a touch before you take the forks off so you use the compression to keep them there.

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That's where the smart money is, but I think it's a bit late for that! ;)

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Its more a note for next time...

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That's how I did it. I could only get one out though because the second fork was too badly bent:(

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cheers folks, i'll point dan in the direction of this thread and see if he has better luck

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Thats what I did on the 2nd fork leg, on the first fork leg I ended up putting the springs back in and fork cap back on before I could undo the damper rolt bolt.